Improvement in harness-pads



'UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

ROBERT M. sELLEcK, 0E NEwARx, NEw JERSEY.

I IMPRQVEMENT IN'HARNESS-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I7 1,324, datedDecember 2l, 1875 application filed May 10, 1875.

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vTo all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT M.V SELLECK, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvepieces at the ends ofthe frame receive through them the pad-screws, that enter nuts attachedto the straps that are passed in beneath these end bridges. The nut ofthe check-rein hook is in a recess at the apex ofthe frame, and it issurrounded with a leather block riveted to place, which allows forattaching the pad-covers and a piece of enameled leather, 4that forms alining or cover for the nut.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a sectionof the pad with one side covered.Fig. 2 is a crosssection at the line m w. Fig. 3 is a cross-section atthe line y y, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the frame. l

The metallic'frame of the pad is made with the concave or trough-shapedside pieces c a, coming to the central portion or apex b. At d d thereare bridges, that cross the concave `side pieces, and have holes throughthem for the shanks of the terrets e e, that screw into nuts i o' thatare inserted beneath these bridges. For convenience in casting, theconvex under portions of the pad-frames are open, and separatelling-plates f are applied at these openings, and they are secured inplace by rivets, or by rivets 2 and hooked lugs 3. It is preferable tomake these filling-plates of malleable cast-iron, with rivets projectingtherefrom. At the outer ends of the frame are cross-bridges h, withopenings for the pad-screws i to pass into nuts 4, that are attached tothe under sides of the straps k, that are passed in beneath thesebridges, and between said bridges and the flexible end pieces l, thatare preferably of leather, and riveted at 5 to the frame a.l The felt orother padding material m is covered by the enameled leather or similarImaterial n, that is drawn together by lacing-cords above the metal framea, and passing over the edges of the end pieces Z, and secured to thesurface by stitching or tacks and tuftingthreads. The housing is made ofenameled leather o, drawn over a plate of metal, r, with a backing ofpaste, leather, or straw board, t, or similar material, and the edges ofthe leather are held together by lacing or sewing. The surface of thisleather is embossed, in imitation of stitching. The terretso, check-rein`hook o, and pad-screws i hold ythis housing in position. There is arecess in the under side of the metal pad-frame at the apex b, in whichthe nut w of the check-rein hook is received, and around this is a pieceof leather, s, secured by rivets 8. This ills the frame out even withthe nut, and also furnishes a means for attachthe housing and thepad-coveringn. The leather o covers these flanges, and its edges may becemented or pasted to the rear of said flanges and to the under side ofthe housing. The edges of the covering of said flanges may be embossed,in imitation of stitching.

I claim as my invention- 1. The concave frame a,- containing the bridgesd and flling-platesf, substantially as set forth.

2. The bridges h, at the ends of the frame a, in combination with'theyielding end pieces l, attached beneath the metal frame, and the screwsi', and nuts 4, substantially as set forth.

3. The metal frame a, having a-recess for the nut w of the checkren hookv, in eombiof lcadboard orsimilar materahsubstantially nntion with theleather filling s for said reas set forth.

cess, and the lap p, covering said nut and ll- Signed by me this 6th dayof May', A. D.

ing-piece, and secured, as set forth. 1875.

4. The housing for the harness-pad made 1 ROBERT M. SELLECK.

of leather stiffened by a metal plate, over the Witnesses:'

edges of which the leather is drawn, and be- HAROLD SERRELL, tween whichplate and the leather is a layer GEO. -T. PINCKNEY.

